A 21-year-old East Rockhill Township man died Sunday at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest, after he was struck and killed by a falling tree branch, Lehigh County Coroner Dan Buglio said.
Jesse Owens was removing a tree on Ridge Run Road in East Rockhill Township, Bucks County, on Friday, Aug. 2, when he was struck by the falling tree branch around 1 p.m., Buglio said in a news release Monday.
Owens died from blunt force trauma to the head and his death was ruled accidental, Buglio said.
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